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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815896303321

Autore

Limbaugh Ronald H.

Titolo

Tungsten in peace and war, 1918-1946 / / Ronald H. Limbaugh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reno : , : University of Nevada Press, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

0-87417-821-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vix, 284 p. ) : ill. ;

Disciplina

338.2/74649097309041

Soggetti

Tungsten industry - United States - History - 20th century

Tungsten mines and mining - United States - History - 20th century

Tungsten ores - United States - History - 20th century

Technological innovations - United States - History - 20th century

Tungsten - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Strategic materials - United States - History - 20th century

International trade - History - 20th century

United States Commerce History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Steel alloys and the rise of modern industry -- Tungsten in World War I -- From Pacific Tungsten to Nevada-Massachusetts -- Tungsten and the Great Depression -- Mining and marketing during the New Deal -- Strategic metals at the start of World War II -- American wartime metal policy and practice -- Nevada-Massachusetts in World War II -- Epilogue.